[HD] Oksana Baiul - 1994 Lillehammer Olympic - Technical Program - The Swan Lake

[@rocksane]

This wasn't ice skating, this was BALLET ON FRICKEN ICE!!! She won that gold medal fair and square!

[@sayitlikeitis5026]

I agree. She was outstanding.

[@Lex60]

I know! She was amazing and the family was rooting for her! I was preoccupied because all the drama with Tonya and Nancy was a heavy weight on Oksana shoulders.

[@coz7891]

@@Lex60 Actually, Oksana said in an interview that regarding Tonya & Nancy, she didn't really know what was going on.

[@fordhamdonnington2738]

And now Kamila Valiyeva is going to overtake her in greatness! 2-6-22

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

@@coz7891 well that shows her character, she's not nosy and focuses on her goals.

[@girloutthere]

She was poetry in motion. You could feel her passion when she skated. She didn't just go through a routine like so many do. She felt every note of that music. Love her.

[@ixoixo1991]

100%

[@CodySDivineCreators]

Now THAT’S how you do Black Swan! She portrayed Odile as if I were at the ballet. Beautiful. Never will that art be duplicated!

[@starfox1]

i could do it easy and im a tattooed guy with a belly

[@laurab5750]

@@starfox1 Only in your delusions.

[@emi283]

I think Alina Zagitova did a better black swan with the energy and grace needed

[@alazjaw.8968]

@@emi283 hm no

[@СофияМокаровна]

​@@alazjaw.8968да

[@Catulli00]

She's clearly had some ballet training, and understands Swan Lake. Bravo!

[@longbeachinthehouse]

@Anna Lauren, I too see a ballerina and ice skater in her. Her work has a delicate and soothing brush strokes of fine art. Which is so rare to find....

[@user-xf4qt5yj8l]

AnnaLauren most professional ice skaters do ballet as a form of training and practice for off-ice.

[@NiceDrivewayy]

Sadomaso - not many do the ballet portion as well, are as graceful, or have the same intrinsic understanding of ballet moves however

[@jamesseven4839]

@@lesvoixinterieures6339 What??

[@eb7446]

Anyone in any artistic sport training in the Soviet system has ballet training. They still often do but not like it used to be.

[@ginaginagina.]

1:16 - Can we just admire the fact that she did an Italian fouetté.. oN ICE!

[@AmusedChild]

It blew me away - and I cannot name another skater who has done it!

[@kristen6207]

so amazing!!!

[@alexanderortizcruz7986]

I was like OMG

[@innanuzhna1742]

@cubomania3 have you ever seen John Curry?

[@shinemendwoor]

No. It was an insult. If she was attempting ballet it was the ugliest kick I have ever seen.

[@s02229]

I do ballet and this is the most extraordinary adaption I've seen. She embodied Odile, a seductive sorceress

[@annecohen8927]

Ho Yan Law . and the list goes on. Sasha as Odette. Shizuka as the 🦢 And Mao, a young ballerina on ice..

[@emi283]

@@annecohen8927 the best black swan Is Alina Zagitova

[@mariatrotter6889]

Just beautiful. She floats...dances on skates. A difficult thing to do. This artist is so missed in todays skating. Oksana was a far better artist then Nancy K. Oksana is a ballerina on skates. As skating should be.

[@joannoriol6444]

She was majestic,sweet and innocent. When I saw her performance that won the gold medal, I was mesmerized, I remember it today like it was yesterday. With all the bull with Nancy k and the other drama, this girl quietly came in and showed what it's all about. Too bad she messed up later in life and lost most of her skating magic, but she had her moment.

[@thissociallife]

she is. so graceful. fluid.

[@Donyalicious]

Joann Oriol how did she mess up later in life?

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

@@Donyalicious She became an alcoholic and eventually left skating . . but she is clean now, and lives in the US with her husband and daughter.

[@aeriacross770]

That’s why I don’t understand ballet is not skating when it comes to Alina Zagitova. Skating is not all ballet but takes elements and inspiration from it. She understood and interpreted her piece perfectly doing the pas de deux with jumps at the end.

[@laurenrosen9331]

What a beautiful performance by Oksana! It's like watching ballet and skating all at the same time! She deserved to win !

[@ixoixo1991]

100%

[@ТетянаПодолян-б2р]

Безперечно, найвидатніша фігуристка свого покоління. А ця програма - шедевр. Шкода, що Оксана так швидко закінчила любительську кар'єру.

[@Nara_Di]

Оксана - гениальная фигуристка! Я только недавно узнала о ней и сейчас, просматривая ее прошлые выступления в ютюбе, восхищаюсь ее прекрасным талантом, сильным украинским характером, потрясающей артистичностью. Жаль, что она очень рано закончила свою спортивную карьеру, но несмотря на это смогла оставить о себе своими шедевральными програмами незабываемое впечатление! Браво ей!

[@yorkieluve1987]

Why did Oksana quit figure skating? What happened that made her quit figure skating?

[@DylanRomanov]

This is the first time I’ve cried watching figure skating, you can feel her passion

[@NeverIsALongTime]

She makes me cry too! A cut above all the rest.

[@InnaKyivUkraine]

Божественно прекрасно❤ На катання Оксани можна вічно дивитися :) Дуже артистична.

[@juliabuzina6773]

Потрясающая программа!!! Шедевр! Оксана очень артистичная и чувствует музыку каждой песчинкой своего тела, прекрасная хореография!! По праву она Олимпийская чемпионка!

[@Nara_Di]

Это гениально! Впервые вижу балетную постановку в фигурном катании. Почему Камиле Вплеевой ее тренеры не ствят балетные программы? Она бы тоже потрясающе их исполняла на льду. Вместо этого ей приходится катать странные композиции, ей не свойственные, изображая то шаманок с бубном, то пантер и т.п.

[@tally1604]

just takes your breath way, all these decades later. i remember watching it live back then, and it impresses now just as much as it did then. true test of time

[@LISZTIZATION]

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF BALLET TRAINING KIDS !!! ALSO SO COOL TO HAVE THIS IN HD, FROM 1994, THANKS FOR SHARING MINTAKA !!!

[@MrDollan]

All these years I remember her. A real artist, poetry, most beautiful motion and emotion. ♡

[@YmustTh3w0rldG0r0und]

Absolutely amazing. She was splendid, terrific in every program. She deserved the gold.

[@RAY2424]

I'm an American and I agree 100%

[@warrenguy76]

One of the most beautiful dresses in Olympic skating competition!

[@shadow4you]

I'm a huge fan of the Swan Lake ballet. Oksana was very graceful and daring but she OWNED it once the coda started. She looked like an actual ballerina dancing on ice. No wonder she was the ice skating sweetheart ❤

[@ЕленаЗацаринская-и7г]

Пишу из Украины сейчас, в воздушную тревогу. Только вчера из Одессы, так тебе, Оксана, привет из нее. Не хочу сравнивать с современными девочками, ты вне конкурса. Вот это и есть Космос, балет, вдохновение, грация, чемпионское катание. Я помню эту Олимпиаду, тебе было 16, помню все эмоции. И вот сейчас ты помогаешь своим искусством нам собраться и настроиться на лучшее. Прими мое восхищение!

[@VasilyevaEkaterina]

Вы там у себя в Одессе еще не запретили Чайковского?

[@АртемАртем-ц1л]

@@VasilyevaEkaterina какое ваше дело. Вьі, оккупантьі и агрессорьі.

[@Zeppolino100]

The most fluid, flawless ice skater I have ever witnessed. SO glad she won the Gold Medal in 1994, as she truly deserved it--she even had to overcome the way-too-low score of the American Judge who tried to sabotage her.

[@lauren1352]

whaaaaaat....can judges do that?

[@valmacclinchy]

@@lauren1352 yeah, the Olympics are brutal that way. But she deserved the Gold that day, and she won it. I'm in the US, and that year was all about Tonya v Nancy. I always thought Tonya was the best. But Oksana deserved that Gold!

[@emi283]

@@valmacclinchy she didn't deserve gold, her technique was nothing compared to Kerrigan's technique

[@Igivearatsass7]

@@emi283 LMAO Nancy looked like a man in drag. Awful performer.

[@Ernie1978]

Kerrigan's face when she got Silver....hahaha!!! 😂 Oksana rocked it, no doubt about it!

[@AlligoriaGalaxy]

Очень красивая программа, красивая музыка. Некоторые фигуристки выбирают какой-то скрип и странные звуки, необычные гармонии в качестве музыкального сопровождения. И очень проигрывают в восприятии своих программ. А тут за музыку 10 баллов можно смело ставить. Оксана молодец. Красивое выступление.

[@jillbettini2668]

Twas all about Nancy and Tonya. This little girl floated on the ice and stole all of our hearts. The ice divas were no longer in the running. This ice princess deserved the Gold. Hope she is faring well today. A lot of folk were stunned and thought Nancy was a shoe in to win. No doubt about it, Nancy skated beautifully as usual. This girl in my opinion was better.

[@tjp2109]

I'm an American and an Oregonian, but I secretly loved this little elfin creature coming out of nowhere and taking gold from trailer park trash Tonya and snobby, rich bitch Nancy. Haha.

[@RAY2424]

She's married , lives in NYC and has a twitter site . doing very well

[@kathleenkeeley3194]

TJ P -Nancy came from a working class family, not rich or a bitch.

[@evacorvera2126]

@@kathleenkeeley3194 a bitch for sure no matter where she came from. It totally shows

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

I could never figure out why the media were hyping Nancy to win so much. She was ranked only fifth in the world at the time - the number one ranked skater, and the current world champion at the time of the 1994 Olympics, was actually Oksana. And yet when Oksana took gold, the media were bleating about how she "came out of nowhere to win." Being the reigning world champion is hardly "out of nowhere" . . .

[@annaamericanaccent9184]

The single most incredible performance in figure skating ever. I was in absolute awe when seeing it during the Olympics.

[@marthaanderson2967]

A performance that will go down in history as one of the most beautiful . Unforgettable.

[@джойс2джойс]

По праву чемпионка! Кериган и близко не стояла с движение как будто копает огород ногами...Для меня как для обычного зрителя с детства фигурное катание было нечто волшебным, это балет на льду, это грация и утончееность- Оксана это воплощение моих лучших представлений о фигурном катании, браво!

[@bdhdhshsvdhdhhdhehssh3402]

Хех, Кериган сильно удивилась))) прыжки у неё получше будут. Но против искусства не попрешь=) Красота страшная сила!

[@stanislavgryshakov7294]

@@bdhdhshsvdhdhhdhehssh3402 Кериган просто табуретка по сравнению с Баюл.

[@VasilyevaEkaterina]

@@stanislavgryshakov7294 Табуретка с дорогим платьем от Веры Вонг

[@gillesphilippe7542]

Je l’ai vu en direct à la télévision française en 1994. Par chance, je disposais d’un magnétoscope à l’époque. J’ai enregistré cette prestation. Que je connais depuis 30 ans par cœur. C’est bouleversant, magnifique, magistral. Le programme libre, le gala (en cygne blanc sur le Carnaval des Animaux de Saint-Saëns). Cette jeune femme était une référence pour moi, tout autant que S. Bonaly (fierté forever, elle me rendit, cette dernière, si fort de France... et de cœur, absolument).

[@f.s.deernbsnmsccp8641]

We were treated to a high class ballet on ice by the GOAT Ms Oksana Baiul of Ukraine( 1994).

[@carinamoses2704]

Great wing-like arm movements - she is very believable as a swan! she even does a beautiful port de bras pose right before her triple loop: technically impressive and adds artistic passion, poise, intricacy and power!

[@krymskyj_jasmyn_ua]

Simply amazing! Our dear Oksana. She is from the same city with me, she is our pride forever! 💞💞💞

[@nettlerdinary5180]

... бог мой.... какая проникновенность. Нереальный артистизм.

[@МихаилШкирман-й6н]

Это было сенсацией тогда- просто балет на льду, ее лучший ее прокат

[@Lizzie-ve7kt]

One of my all time favorite Olympic performances. Her balletic gracefulness, her full commitment to the character-especially that little nuzzle she does at the beginning-of being a swan, and the pure joy and effervescence that radiates through her skating is still so amazing to watch. She’s a true star.

[@zunnymartinez3226]

Oksana was so beautiful on ice! So smoothly, so artistic, beautiful! She floats over the ice and her presentation is exquisite. Good for you Okdana, you were wonderful! 💥💥💥🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👍🌟🌟🌟🌟♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🥀🥀🤣💐💐💐💐

[@rowenanoppenberger8280]

Ballett on ice. This is so stunning. Absolutely wonderful.

[@jemi7566]

Such beautiful skating steeped in ballet cores, this is still a sight for sore eyes. Even though today's technical side has far outstripped previous era, and outstanding skaters have come and gone, this Oksana at the top of her game still represents what is possible in the art of figure skating.

[@albertodelarosa7479]

Whatever happened before or after this awesome performance, this perfomance will be forever and ever an E P I C perfomance

[@diegoubarte1962]

Thanks for posting this with such a quality image....the way it is supposed to be seen....

[@sherylejeffers9491]

poetry in motion...and at the tender age of 16 you will never again see such beauty,gracefulness,and talent again...and like the others have said "what skating should be"!!!!

[@scotte8629]

we saw plenty better at that age "again".

[@alazjaw.8968]

@@scotte8629 such as?

[@АлександраТорган-к1ь]

Оксаночка, Вы прекрасный лебедь в этом танце. Просто богиня на льду!!!! Лучшая!!!?

[@mflp6443]

Артистичная очень

[@userWillyBilly]

Невероятно! Так красиво! Настоящий балет!!

[@forreal245]

Clearly, a gold medalist athlete.

[@theautopsygirlchronicles]

She did win one at the Winter Olympics 1994

[@plainjane1812]

This little girl was themost talented skater.I have ever seen.Most technical programs are.long on technique but short on artistry. She hit all the marks!

[@wearyandheavyladen23]

i remember watching this as a kid and she was always my favorite skater. i had no idea she did swan lake tho! 😍

[@beccas2065]

One of the most graceful skaters ever!! She was absolutely spectacular and a true artist on the ice!!!

[@Igivearatsass7]

#1 THE MOST GRACEFUL EVER PERIOD.

[@sayuelric168]

Why the japanese clip are so clean? I mean, the japanese television in the 90 has a resolution so high? However it's really beautiful performance

[@remyparaskovia5499]

Sayu Elric Japan has always had better technology

[@edukid1984]

Japan was way ahead than the rest of the world in braodcasting and telecom technology from the 1980s to early 2000s. So much so that many of their highly advanced telecom standards and gadgets which were already in widespread local adoption became 'isolated' from the rest of the world (leading to the phrase 'Galapagos Syndrome'). For e.g., going online with mobile phones was already commonplace there by late 1990s (but virtually unheard of elsewhere). Unfortunately the bursting of their bubble economy hit the industries hard; these days, they are a pale shadow of their past dominance (though still fairly strong relative to all but the most technologically advanced nations).

[@月のうさぎ-m2k]

Sometimes I forgot this was in 1994

[@tally1604]

They had analogue hdtv in the 80s already. Took the rest of the world 30 years to catch up.

[@connybrown8940]

I really miss watching her skate. She was the best!

[@kayonadowyer6061]

Wow it's a monster piece so beautiful

[@laurahuston2187]

That skate and music was chosen for her mother who had died of cancer. You can feel her passion.

[@valmacclinchy]

Absolutely!! 💔

[@aeea8318]

Did she just did an Italian fouetté and a piqué manège on ice ?? I'm bewildered of amazement

[@agneshuang5927]

So many moves came straight out of well-known traditional choreography for Swan Lake that it is so much fun to watch.

[@ОльгаБоруш-л5и]

Ловкая, лёгкая, пластичная, музыкальная ! Настоящая балерина на льду, браво !

[@adrianops7]

No one has ever done ballet on ice better than Oksana - that was to die for

[@michaellane3017]

Beautiful and lovely! How I miss this era-figure skating was so divine in the 90s!

[@lulumuster]

Лучше всех.историческое катание.

[@svitlanabochkar1438]

Когда смотрю финальные аккорды, всегда хочется рыдать...какая же она умница...и пусть потом были ошибки в жизни, пусть.но она -легенда, он просто лучшая, гениальная!!! Спасибо , Оксаночка!!!! Я горжусь, что ты росла, как и я, в Днепропетровске!!!!

[@illarion6]

Светлана Светикова Какие ошибки? Выпила немного не справилась с управлением, 50% садятся за руль алкогольном опьянении - Оксане не повезло. Она быстро прошла реабилитацию, просто в США - к этому относятся так что получился большой резонанс. Она быстро реабилитировалась - это значит не было алкоголизмом, если бы был, женский алкоголизмом не лечится. Оксана, в 13 лет потеряла маму - мама это ангел хранитель - такой возраст - переломный.

[@ОленаАрсан]

Танцююча статуетка! Чудесно! Можна дивитись знову і знову!

[@musicfan2511]

This program was so much better than her free. A masterpiece!

[@valmacclinchy]

I loved both programs. Just phenomenal.

[@reneedaughter]

Two foot on the Lutz, not finishing with the music. Deductions should have been given, but we're not.

[@emi283]

@@reneedaughter true, when I saw the two foot landig I was like WTF?

[@alazjaw.8968]

@@reneedaughter good

[@DesignerQoo]

THE ONE AND ONLY SWAN in figure skating history.

[@marthaanderson2967]

Unforgettable. Oksana , the most beautiful mover on ice ever in Ladies skating .

[@horrormuseksk8r641]

Oksana’s skating exuded a joy, charisma and love for the sport and she skated with a lot of speed and musicality! She was absolutely the deserved champion! Nancy should not have been anywhere close to her in the presentation marks with her cold, robotic presentation. Baiul, Chen Lu and Yuka Sato should have all outscored Kerrigan in presentation.

[@mediascribble]

The best skating performance I've even seen. It was everything I expected for Swan Lake. If you watch her biography it makes it even more poignant. She was meant to be a gold champion.

[@АртемАртем-ц1л]

Дуже пластична, артистична і емоційна! Пливе на льоду!

[@marthaanderson2967]

An unforgettable work of art.

[@davidnsarahburk9121]

My favorite figure skater of all time

[@jwporetenus]

Lovely girl, she elevated the sport into true art.

[@SquirrelTrapper]

Anyone who thinks Kerrigan should have won is out of their mind. Judges LOVE speed and Kerrigan wouldn't be able to match Baiul's speed in a million years

[@karllieck9064]

I guess I'm one of those people that are out of their mind. I guess it comes down to 2 very different styles. I preferred Nancy's skating more than Oksana's Swan Lake on ice. I love ballet, but it came across to me as a bit hokey on an ice rink.

[@falconeshield]

There are tigers (Tonya) there are swans (Nancy) then the perfect combination of both, the dragons. Like Oksana. Everyone else are pretty ducks lol

[@freeunion]

still brings a tear to my eyes

[@janethartwig774]

What a delicate, athletic style on the ice. Mesmerizing!

[@bdfan4ever]

Greatest short program of all time

[@TheJanet4321]

She is fun to watch and deserved 1st place.

[@pony7752]

Simplemente la mejor que mis ojos han podido apreciar! Belleza de patinadora! Realmente hermoso! Celestial!

[@valentinapreve4229]

This left me absolutely speechless. I admire her so much omg

[@Светик-р8х]

Оксана! Приветствую Вас из Финляндии! Вы для меня кумир и самая выдающаяся фигуристка планеты!🌹🌹🌹 Дай Вам Боже!

[@stanislavgryshakov7294]

Светик, поддерживаем !!!

[@jW-qx4qd]

AFter all these years, I watch her again, and she must be the world's greatest skater. I don't think anyone has ever skated as well as Oxana.

[@lorra4789]

Best figure skater of all time...STILL!

[@василийиванович-ч4и]

Ожившая статуэтка.восхитительно!

[@lettiegrant9447]

I loved watching how her arms moved. She was the best

[@lissalives1]

There was no one better back then....♥️

[@extrasalt4595]

Back when artistry counted, she was at her best here. Hoomeyow!!

[@gloriousvigor9428]

"Genuinely Rare Having The Elegant Grace & The Artistic Ballerina of Oksana Baiul. *She's The Best of The Very Best... Just Love Her!"*

[@kauzbaevadina9715]

Блин,какая она молодец!

[@languagelearningbyreading2903]

Extremely beautiful performance and so different from all the other skaters. The only skater that was just as inspiring as her was Katarina Witt. Both are very beautiful ladies and exceptional skaters.

[@FatimaMarques0890]

My fave of all the skate that had performed the Swan Lake it's still this one! Oksana had tech flaws on her landings specially on landing and height. However that artistry is just magnificent.

[@kelsey1406]

She’s an absolute artist.

[@XAyAmMX]

音楽との調和、高い技術力、まさに氷上のバレエです。素晴らしい演技。感動しました。

[@matistysk79]

ballet on ice, truely amazing. When I saw it '94 I was so staned. A real artistic ice skater.

[@marthaanderson2967]

So unforgettable , so beautiful.

[@АленаИванова-й5п]

Ручки ножки все тело подчинео таланту каждодневной работе ВОЛШЕБНО СКАЗОЧНО ТАКИХ БОЛЬШЕ НЕТ НЕПОВТОРИМА ХОЧЕТСЯ СМОТРЕТЬ И СМОТРЕТЬ БРАВО🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@ИраРаина]

Лучше балет посмотреть. А здесь никакой растяжки нет, вертикальный шпагат пытается сделать,а коленка согнута.

[@pyangsu]

This is the most beautiful skating I've ever seen

[@smurfiennes]

A new era of figure skating has begun 😍

[@Lulu-k1-d1]

Прекрасный прокат «черного лебедя» под гениальную музыку Чайковского П.И ❤ спасибо !

[@aureliacornelia79adgracchu29]

Brilliant! And such a contrast to the White Swan routine for the exhibition. Fabulous Odette/Odile!

[@lamardon9723]

I liked the way she transitioned from smooth and graceful mood at the 2 minute mark, and became sassy, like she knew how to have a little fun out there.

[@fuscia13]

Never before, and never again #OksanaAlways

[@annalisasansi5230]

❤❤❤ Oksana, we will not forget you. We miss you

[@carinamoses2704]

The way she pauses in the spiral glides and lets the image linger - draws out the beauty of the music so well - and even the setups for spins are smoothly elegant (and technically, skated with impressive steadiness and speed).

[@carinamoses2704]

and that closing combination spin - holding on to the free leg until the very last moment - shows off her balance and also the character so well! gorgeous, technically assured and expressive! That is truly gold-medal quality skating.

[@carinamoses2704]

Even now, not a lot of skaters hold such a difficult and acrobatic spin pose that long after they've started spinning, that takes a lot of stamina. It expressed the closing intensity of the music very well also.

[@brak1827]

Great video quality... because Japanese things like for taking photos and recording are the best

[@rosygarcia4609]

she was stunning but what really blew me away was at the coda when she did the tour de force... genious!!!!!

[@ДинаЖантаева]

Шикарно!

[@illarion6]

Талант!

[@sharonr7870]

Always brings a tear to my eye... beautiful !!!

[@NeverIsALongTime]

Simply the BEST skater/artist ever!